Meanwhile, back on the #CylinderPlayer project. I found an Edison speed governor that turned out not to be from the same model of player (different threading for the connection with the mandrel gear) but the weights were compatible so I put them on this machine's original governor. And now things are running pretty nicely.
#RecordPlayer #Restoration

Here's the two spring barrels. A big one that has two springs, and a small one with just one. The big one is the one that was actually turning when I moved the crank, so I figured the problem was likely there. Sure enough, one of the springs in there was sheared, pretty close to the shaft attachment.
#Grafonola #recordplayer

To get the spring barrels off of the shaft, you need to press out the shaft. First remove a couple of little screws that hold the bearings in, then get the shaft out by giving it gentle taps with a small hammer and something like this long bolt (which has a non-pointy end). #Grafonola #recordplayer

Taking a detour from my #cylinderplayer project to look at a friend's Columbia #Grafonoloa #recordplayer. The symptoms are that if you turn the crank, you get a little resistance, then a little "klunk" sound, and then it freewheels. Sounds like a spring issue. Either detatched from the shaft or broken.
I should have taken a picture of the whole player, but here's the extracted mechanism, which I brought home to look at. And an add that shows more or less the model I'm working on,
Seems to be a deluxe triple-spring one, which gives you extra-long runs on a single wind, but means there's more places to check for a break.
That ad shows a girl listening to a Grafonola on a camping trip, like a steampunk iPod. I guess you could, but these things are a bit heavier than an mp3 player!

Saturday vibes #AgingPunks #Victrola #RecordPlayer #Jungle #ForEver